1930s Oregon pine chairs (garden or indoor). Possibly Scandinavian.
Good examples of early modernist knock-down/ flatpack furniture.
Superb colour/patina.
Price: 1.300 euro (set of 2) / x4 available (650 euro per piece)
Tag: Modernism
20th century
Mathieu Matégot (France 1910-2001)
Model Elysée side table,
Artimeta. 1950s.
63 x 38.5 x 56cm high
A rare side table / magazine table manufactured in the 1950s. Perforated metal with brass ball feet.
Literature: Philippe Jousse, Mathieu Matégot, Jousse Enterprise, 2003, modèle reproduit pp.164, 190, 191 & 227
Price: 2.500 euro
Alvar Aalto (Finland 1898-1976)
Four early production model 60 stools.
Birch wood / 1930s for Finmar UK.
Rare set of classic Scandinavian modernist stools. These three-legged stacking stools have a superb colour and patina. One stool has its Finmar label (writing has worn off) and on one stool it can be seen that there was once a label (the other two do not have labels).
Price: 5.200 euro (set of four)
Elmar Berkovich (Hungarian /Netherlands 1897-1968)
Pair of rare ‘Beek’ side tables for ‘t Spectrum. Designed in 1956 and manufactured for only two years.
Price: 2.650 euro
Gilbert Marklund (Sweden mid-c.20th)
Furusnickarn AB, Sweden, 1970s
Table: 130 x 78 x 74cm high Benches: 124 x 42 x 43cm high
Two long benches and table by renowned Swedish design Gilbert Marklund. The table is the rarer larger version of the design that can seat up to four people.
The desirable aspect of this set is that it is in unrestored condition with all its original patina. (The table has a few ring and burn marks to the top).
Price: Table: 1.320 euro
Benches: 1.425 euro (pair)
H. Pander & Zonen. (Netherlands 1855-1921)
Small circular modernist stool – completely original.
Dia.36 x 46cm high
Rare stool with original upholstery. It has its original makers label and is stamped ‘H.Pander & Zn’ to the underside alongside a model number.
Price: 760 euro
Jan Slothouber & William Graatsma (NL. Mid-c20th)
Five original modular cubes from the 1970s. Laminated plywood.
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The Dutch duo Slothouber & Graatsma established themselves from the 1950s as artist/designers with the cube form as their key motif around which they developed various principles of cubic construction alongside multiples and variations thereof. Despite its restrictions they admired the cube for its clarity of form. They applied their thinking around it to a variety of objects, and artworks from small jewellery-scale 3d models and games to larger installation works.
Highly driven personalities, they considered themselves as discoverers of ‘the many applications of the democratic system of cubics’; a system that would ostensively act to counter the rise of the expressive individualism in post-WWII culture. (They later established the CCC_the Center for Cubic Constructions as a forum for promoting their ideas).
Due to their diverse and multidisciplinary output they were never to become global names – But they were a highly respected creative team (representing The Netherlands at the Venice Biennale in 1970) and in 1965 the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam honoured them with the exhibition ‘Vier kanten: maat, vorm, kleur, letter’ (Four sides: size, form, colour, letter). Donald Judd for one was a great admirer of their work.
Price: 3,900 euro
Root wood /free-form low chair. Circa 1970s.
86.5 x 73 x 41cm high
A unique solid wood low seat (unknown type of wood). Possibly carved from the root or the trunk of a tree.
It has a very attractive, untouched time worn patina. The seat would look good in any modern interior as it is, or with a cushion inside.
Price: 1.880 euro
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